Senior referee Bobby Mathews spent a number of years as a professional wrestler around the Southeast, winning junior heavyweight and tag team gold in several promotions in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia. He retired from the ring in 2007, but once the wrestling bug gets into your system it's there for good. He returned to the ring as a referee for SLW in 2017, working as the third man in the ring with a new generation of talent. Behind the scenes, Mathews helps to teach the new generation of referees for SLW.